DevOps & Terraform Consultant

Houston, TX, US • Posted 11 hours ago • Updated 11 hours ago
Contract Corp To Corp
Contract W2
9 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • devops
  • terraform
  • IAC

Summary

Job Title: DevOps & Terraform Consultant
Location: Houston, TX — Onsite from Day 1
Duration: Contract, 6+ months
Employment Type: W2

 

Required Experience:

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): 5+ years of deep, hands-on experience writing production-grade Terraform modules for both AWS and Azure.
  • Database Expertise: 5+ years of experience managing Azure SQL cloud ecosystems.
  • AWS Competency: Solid understanding of core AWS services, especially AWS managed databases (RDS), and how to provision them using Terraform.

Azure Database Administration & Performance Tuning:

  • Manage, maintain, and secure Azure SQL Databases, Azure SQL Managed Instances, and SQL Server on Azure VMs.
  • Monitor database health, proactively troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, and optimize complex queries, indexes, and execution plans.
  • Implement and test robust database backup, disaster recovery (DR), and high-availability (HA) strategies (e.g., failover groups, geo-replication).
  • Set up and configure new databases in Azure SQL.
  • Drive cost optimization across Azure SQL.

Azure DevOps & CI/CD Integration:

  • Azure DevOps Services & Pipelines — author multi-stage YAML pipelines, build/release templates, gated builds, and pipeline variables.
  • Hands-on with Terraform modular design, state management, and remote backends (Terraform Cloud).
  • Release management and deployment strategies — blue/green, canary, rolling updates, feature flags, rollback planning.
  • Experience with Azure Boards, work items, and task tracking.
  • Experience managing code repositories in HashiCorp Cloud.

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform):

  • Design, build, and maintain robust infrastructure components on AWS and Azure using Terraform as the primary IaC tool.
  • Ensure proper Terraform state-file management, backend configuration, and module reusability across multi-cloud environments.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and management processes.
  • Ensure cloud environments are secure, scalable, and reliable.
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  • Dice Id: 91159525
  • Position Id: 9081-5611-1787676844
  • Posted 11 hours ago
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